Almost Like Quicksand

Something unexpected happened today while mowing Barking Spider Acre.

I was proceeding along and got to about halfway done with mowing when the mower got stuck in mud. The ground where the mud was looked like the rest of the field, so with that and the fact that I was wearing goggles that distorted my view, the mower was stuck.

Above, the car and mower were stuck in the dark area at the
center of the photo above the gravel road. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Then I got the "brainy" idea to use the car to push the mower out of the mud. Bad idea. The car got stuck, too.

Thankfully, Bo was home across the street and came over with "Edith", his tractor. He, along with my next-door neighbor, James, were able to get the car and mower out of the mud.

Above, the mower after getting it out of the mud. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

James said that the area got a lot of heavy rains this past week and it collected in the area of the acre. It must have been about 6 to 8 inches deep (maybe more). There's a lot of topsoil there. It came up to the bottom of the car's body. The car seemed to sink as if it were in quicksand. That made me think of the ending of House of Frankenstein.

Well, this is one ex-city slicker who learned a valuable lesson. 

I'll have to wait a few days (hopefully the area will dry sufficiently) before attempting to finish mowing.

Nothing like country living!